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Windy Acre Farm

A small local farm located in Kent, WA! We are currently in the Seattle Market System. Find us on Sun
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07/14/2024

Emotionally I miss farming but clearly not enough to even keep my planters alive 🖤 oops 🤣

06/09/2024

Instead of farming this summer we are doing home renovations to our new house! We have been in our home for maybe six weeks and have updating lighting, sinks, paint colors, the garage door and most importantly a giant fan for our bedroom lol. Three days after moving in our garage door broke so that was a fun little “welcome to home ownership” surprise lol We are slowly getting the house organized and comfortable. It’s been a good change in pace!

05/14/2024

I’m not sure exactly what the next chapter is going to fully look like…. But starting off we are super excited to have the privilege of buying our first home. It feels odd not waking up on a farm anymore but I can’t wait to add flower beds and maybe a garden at some point. Im excited for what this summer is going to bring 🙌🏽

04/29/2024

Thank you for the last ten years! It’s was an amazing ride but a new adventure awaits 🌱 💚 Until next time 🫶🏽

03/16/2024

It’s a nice “spring” weekend. Time for some overdue fall cleanup! 🤘🏽

02/27/2024

We made the hard decision that farmers markets are not in the cards for 2024. When setting out to farm I never dreamed of working with such an amazing organization that helped farms grow and establish their business. Trust me this was the hardest decision but for work life balance markets just did not make sense for us as a business anymore. Thank you for seven amazing season! We will miss you a lot 😢

02/11/2024

It’s been a minute since I shared much going on in my life here. With 12 unplanned flights to and from Nashville due to family emergencies/family time and $80,000 worth of crops (almost everything we grew) damaged by elk 2023 closed out to being the worst year of my life. But there were moments like moving to our new space and growing some amazing veggies that were highlights in a dark gloomy year.
Last year my mom and I were supposed to go to our first “away” game together in Nashville on Christmas Eve. With her sudden passing I ruled that idea out. Little did I know between my sister and a good customer friend I happened to make it to Nissan Stadium to see that game and bring mom’s jersey with me. My sister and I even happened to make it on National TV 👀🤭.
Even tho 2024 is supposed to be our 10th season of feels like our first financial. We lost everything last season and with moving to a bigger space our bills skyrocketed. With no financial help from insurance what we can afford to grow and at what scale still seems to be a day to day conversation. We appreciate all the support over the years by each and every customer or support.
Here is to the 2024 Season!

12/10/2023

A customer shared this amazing photo of my mom with me yesterday! Lots of my early customers remember my mom showing up every Saturday at the Issaquah market with me to help sell some produce. No matter how sick she was she would be there to support me and help me. The long car rides home making a negative profit but there she was encouraging me to try this or that each week to make more sales. Mom had so many friends at market she would visit every week. I miss her so much!

11/16/2023

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

11/03/2023

Thanks mom for being my biggest cheerleader over the last 9 years of farming. Thanks for always believing in me and supporting me in every way you could even while going through treatment. I will always cherish the memories we made together while selling veggies at market together. I will miss you so much!!! Until we meet again I love you so so much 🩵

11/01/2023

Happy Halloween!!!

10/21/2023

At the airport to fly home. Mom is still non responsive but we have to go home so we can go back to work. I got to say goodbye to her and tell her how much I love her and promised I would see her soon. I gave her a nice hug and thanked her for everything. We still are no where out of the clear but I’m trying to take it one day at a time.

10/19/2023

It’s the start of a new day here in Nashville! Mom had a good night and is moving around a bit (arms and legs) more than yesterday. Surgery went well yesterday!! In short they found two new lesions one of which they got fixed yesterday. Today she goes back to the OR for a second surgery to repair the other lesion that would cause issues down the road. Super thankful for all the support and well wishes. As always taking it one step and day at a time.

10/18/2023

For those who have not seen my stories Farmer Cameron and I are back with my mom after a very scary situation Sunday morning. My mom had a very scary brain bleed and went non responsive! 911 was called and taken to TriStar Hospital. She was put on sedation till yesterday morning. Today she is going in for surgery to see why her brain bleed happened and if they can fix it. She is on a ventilator as she can still not breath on her own. Lots has happened between Sunday morning when I got the call till now. Thanks for farmer friends and family for ALL the help back home! Thank you to our followers who have been sending their love. We feel it even if we are way across the country. I will update more later today or tomorrow!

10/10/2023

Yesterday I worked super hard on cleaning up the fence line so this winter it’s easier to maintain the fence line. We are brainstorming some ideas on how to manage the elk issue on the farm. Based on patterns we are seeing we are hopeful we can do something this coming spring 🤞🏽

10/08/2023

Baby pigs coming soon! Can’t wait to have piglets on the farm again thanks to 🤩

10/07/2023

Woke up to seven elk on the property this morning! They are such majesty animals until they destroy your livelihood.

09/28/2023

Time to wish Farmer Cameron a happy birthday! We are wrapping up our 7th season farming together.

09/26/2023

It’s giving fall vibes! 🎃🍂🍁

09/18/2023

Dear Reader,

Season 9, 2023, has been a long hard season. I'm not a writer so putting feelings to words is not easy. The picture attached to this post is basically how this season went. My body, mind, and soul are broken. After nine seasons it feels like I should have things down right? It feels like I should have the perfect market tables, perfect fields, and perfect business model. I guess the elk had other plans for us this season. In the last season or two we really perfected our planting schedule and market run that we were doing. We found a rhythm that worked and scaled to more mechanical farming so we could meet demand. I guess when you do bigger things you have bigger mountains to fall off of and man did we drop hard this season. I briefly spoke about the elk on our property but in reality that incident damn near put us out of business. With an estimated $90,000 in lost wholesale pricing income we were left with nothing. To date we have not been back to markets... We have hardly sold to any wholesale companies. Most nights I feel asleep silently crying (internally or externally). I have spent the season digging deep into why I became a farmer and why I want to do this job. Most days it's been mentally hard finding the why and the will to do anything. It's now fall and time to clean up the mistakes of 2023 and finish harvesting what little is in our fields. After that we can let the fields rest along with our bodies and plan for my 10th season farming! All I can say is my husband and I have some ideas for our 10th anniversary as a business and we hope that you will all join in supporting us on that journey. ~ Farmer Chris

08/23/2023

700 pounds of summer broccoli is in the books after a major heatwave! Years ago I was asked what my favorite crops was to grow and I said lettuce…. It’s changed over the last 8 years. Currently it’s broccoli! Cameron and I have perfected our planting varieties and strategies to get the most out of this crop! Of course weather and elk are hard to work around but season after season we nail this crop and it makes me soooo happy! Next up is fall broccoli season.

08/22/2023

245 pounds of broccoli 🥦 out to the food banks this morning!

08/20/2023

We don’t have much to harvest thanks to the elk! This summer broccoli tho looks 🥵 they are not even hollow in the middle which means 💦 was on point!

08/13/2023

Some farmers have LGD (Livestock Guardian Dog) but we have a VGD (Vegetable Guardian Dog)! Rhuby is relaxing and soon will get to run the entire property once we finish making the front gate more secure.

08/07/2023

Mid afternoon naps are the best!

08/06/2023

It’s august and emotions are high but the final push is upon us! So thankful for this cool weather today.

08/03/2023

Everything in good time! Tunnels did not really work the way I wanted them to so we need to figure that out but 2016 list is complete! Now on to make another expensive list.

08/01/2023

I have a feeling we will say “August slipped away into a moment in time” just like June and July did.

07/14/2023

Good morning to my baby fall plants! We are hustling right now to get everything in the ground.

07/12/2023

Transplanting this morning!

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21108 Orville Road E
Kent, WA
98032

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Market literally ended in mad chaos…. The storm is here.

Getting ready!!! Come visit us and all the other vendors @seattlefarmersmkts on the Hill today.

Thanks to @brightideacres amazing team we have parted chicken back in stock this weekends. Come find us at @seattlefarmersmkts this morning in Magnolia.

Come see @phoenixvinup @n0rem4c and I (@farmer_scartozzi ) in Magnolia today with our amazing spread. #happypridemonth

Thank god for lights on our tractor!!! Worked till about 8pm last night seeding lots of seeds. I’m still so excited for this new tool. It’s going to be a big game changer for us.

Using Mr Ox to cultivate the winter carrots! (Sorry you cant actually see the carrots but damn I love this tool)

Don’t forget we are still taking signups for our first ever Veggie CSA! Our 21 week box share starts June 6th!!! Sign up now before we are sold out.

The sheep are just loving the pastured life!!!

This is what 580 tomatoes plants, 480 squash seeds and some transplanted basil plants looks like in the greenhouse!!! Lots of work done the past two days thanks to the help of Bob and Garit.

Why we are named WINDY acre farm!!!! Wind sure is blowing tonight... and it's a little chilly!!

Yesterday we said goodbye to our gaurd dog Gus!!! After much thinking I realized Gus would be happier on a larger farm. I'm so happy that he went to the local organic dairy that I work at. He's been there 24hr and he seems very happy. It's hard to let go of things you love so much but in the long run you have to do what is best for them.

Chilling with the chicks late at night is one of my favorite things to do on the farm!!!! I am so happy poultry is back in my life 😍

Sometimes you just have to take an overnight trip to the beach!!!!!!

Slow motion sprinklers sounds like passing trains......

Just another late night watering on the farm!!!

Mommy and two day old turkeys playing in the grass!!! Definitely the cutest thing ever. Turn the volume up 😍

First natural hatch here at Windy Acre Farm!!! We have three hens nesting on clutches of eggs and our first mama hatched 11/13 babies.

OH what a great sound to wake up to at 2am!!!!! Keep it up Mother Nature we sure could use a good watering. Just hope it's happening out in Kent as well :)